Pistons 116-77 Cavaliers (18 Apr, 2012) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

20-40, 10-20 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	16	22	12	27	77
DET	27	34	39	16	116

Detroit Pistons

23-38, 16-14 home

116

Rodney Stuckey misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jason Maxiell makes 5-foot two point shot (Greg Monroe assists)
Brandon Knight makes 20-foot two point shot
Greg Monroe misses 4-foot hook shot
Jason Maxiell makes two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes driving layup
Jason Maxiell misses 21-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 15-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)
Rodney Stuckey misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes dunk (Brandon Knight assists)
Jason Maxiell makes dunk
Tayshaun Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rodney Stuckey misses layup
Greg Monroe misses 5-foot hook shot
Charlie Villanueva misses three point jumper
Greg Monroe makes layup
Brandon Knight makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Tayshaun Prince makes 16-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)
Greg Monroe makes 5-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)
Greg Monroe misses 4-foot hook shot
Ben Gordon misses 9-foot two point shot
Charlie Villanueva makes 17-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Charlie Villanueva makes two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Charlie Villanueva makes three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Jonas Jerebko makes 4-foot hook shot (Will Bynum assists)
Will Bynum makes 24-foot three pointer
Ben Gordon makes 19-foot jumper (Will Bynum assists)
Ben Gordon makes 7-foot two point shot
Ben Wallace misses 13-foot jumper
Omri Casspi blocks Damien Wilkins's layup
Jonas Jerebko makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Rodney Stuckey makes 16-foot two point shot
Greg Monroe makes layup (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Jonas Jerebko makes dunk (Brandon Knight assists)
Brandon Knight makes 18-foot two point shot
Rodney Stuckey misses 18-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes 19-foot jumper (Brandon Knight assists)
Brandon Knight makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Brandon Knight makes driving layup
Rodney Stuckey makes 13-foot two point shot
Brandon Knight makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Brandon Knight misses 25-foot three point jumper
Greg Monroe makes dunk (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Jason Maxiell misses 16-foot jumper
Jason Maxiell makes layup
Rodney Stuckey misses 9-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandon Knight assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rodney Stuckey makes 9-foot jumper
Jason Maxiell makes layup (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Jason Maxiell misses two point shot
Brandon Knight makes 22-foot two point shot
Brandon Knight makes 9-foot two point shot (Greg Monroe assists)
Brandon Knight makes 20-foot two point shot
Brandon Knight makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Brandon Knight makes dunk (Greg Monroe assists)
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 20-foot jumper
Jonas Jerebko misses 23-foot three point jumper
Charlie Villanueva makes driving layup (Will Bynum assists)
Charlie Villanueva misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Charlie Villanueva misses 6-foot hook shot
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper (Will Bynum assists)
Damien Wilkins misses 19-foot jumper
Walker Russell misses 19-foot jumper
Charlie Villanueva misses driving layup
Walker Russell misses two point shot
Jonas Jerebko makes tip shot
Damien Wilkins makes 19-foot jumper (Charlie Villanueva assists)
Austin Daye makes 23-foot jumper (Walker Russell assists)
Jonas Jerebko makes dunk (Walker Russell assists)
Walker Russell makes 13-foot two point shot
Manny Harris blocks Austin Daye's 5-foot jumper
Charlie Villanueva misses three point jumper
Anthony Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 9-foot running jumper
Anthony Parker makes 17-foot two point shot
Donald Sloan misses 20-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper
Omri Casspi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson makes driving layup (Anthony Parker assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 19-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince blocks Omri Casspi's layup
Charlie Villanueva blocks Samardo Samuels's layup
Antawn Jamison misses 20-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper
Samardo Samuels misses layup
Samardo Samuels makes tip shot
Omri Casspi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donald Sloan assists)
Lester Hudson misses jumper
Manny Harris makes driving layup
Manny Harris makes 17-foot two point shot
Omri Casspi makes 12-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes 18-foot jumper (Manny Harris assists)
Manny Harris misses layup
Ben Wallace blocks Samardo Samuels's layup
Lester Hudson misses 18-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson misses layup
Tristan Thompson makes layup
Samardo Samuels misses jumper
Lester Hudson misses layup
Samardo Samuels makes layup
Manny Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson makes dunk (Antawn Jamison assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Omri Casspi's 5-foot running jumper
Tristan Thompson makes 3-foot hook shot
Donald Sloan misses 19-foot two point shot
Anthony Parker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donald Sloan assists)
Donald Sloan makes 8-foot two point shot
Anthony Parker makes 18-foot two point shot (Donald Sloan assists)
Tristan Thompson misses 57-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses layup
Donald Sloan misses layup
Tristan Thompson misses layup
Antawn Jamison misses 21-foot jumper
Donald Sloan misses 14-foot jumper
Anthony Parker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donald Sloan assists)
Anthony Parker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rodney Stuckey blocks Antawn Jamison's layup
Greg Monroe blocks Donald Sloan's layup
Greg Monroe blocks Omri Casspi's layup
Jason Maxiell blocks Tristan Thompson's 5-foot jumper
Donald Sloan makes 15-foot two point shot
Tristan Thompson makes layup (Antawn Jamison assists)
Omri Casspi misses 15-foot two point shot
Donald Sloan makes driving layup
Tristan Thompson misses 9-foot hook shot
Antawn Jamison misses tip shot
Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses jumper
Omri Casspi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses 6-foot hook shot
Omri Casspi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Samardo Samuels assists)
Lester Hudson makes two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
Lester Hudson misses 21-foot two point shot
Luke Walton misses 16-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Samardo Samuels's layup
Manny Harris makes 7-foot running jumper
Luke Walton misses 21-foot jumper
Lester Hudson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Manny Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Manny Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lester Hudson assists)
Lester Hudson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses 8-foot jumper
Lester Hudson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Damien Wilkins blocks Tristan Thompson's layup
Lester Hudson misses 19-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson makes dunk
Manny Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
Lester Hudson makes two point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
Manny Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

PISTONS

TIME		CLE	DET
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tristan Thompson vs. Greg Monroe (Donald Sloan gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Tristan Thompson traveling	0	0
11:23	Rodney Stuckey misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:22	Omri Casspi defensive rebound	0	0
11:07	Anthony Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:06	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	0	0
10:42	shot clock turnover	0	0
10:27	Antawn Jamison misses 9-foot running jumper	0	0
10:26	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	0	0
10:15	Jason Maxiell makes 5-foot two point shot (Greg Monroe assists)	0	2
9:51	Anthony Parker makes 17-foot two point shot	2	2
9:41	Brandon Knight makes 20-foot two point shot	2	4
9:23	Donald Sloan misses 20-foot jumper	2	4
9:22	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	2	4
9:12	Greg Monroe misses 4-foot hook shot	2	4
9:11	Jason Maxiell offensive rebound	2	4
9:11	Jason Maxiell makes two point shot	2	6
8:52	Donald Sloan out of bounds lost ball turnover	2	6
8:36	Tayshaun Prince makes driving layup	2	8
8:18	Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	8
8:17	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	2	8
8:06	Jason Maxiell misses 21-foot jumper	2	8
8:04	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	2	8
7:45	Omri Casspi misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	8
7:43	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	2	8
7:37	Tayshaun Prince makes 15-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)	2	10
7:28	Cleveland full timeout	2	10
7:13	Jason Maxiell shooting foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	2	10
7:13	Antawn Jamison makes free throw 1 of 2	3	10
7:13	Antawn Jamison misses free throw 2 of 2	3	10
7:11	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	3	10
6:58	Rodney Stuckey misses layup	3	10
6:56	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	3	10
6:46	Tristan Thompson makes driving layup (Anthony Parker assists)	5	10
6:31	Tayshaun Prince makes dunk (Brandon Knight assists)	5	12
6:13	Antawn Jamison misses 19-foot jumper	5	12
6:13	Tristan Thompson offensive rebound	5	12
5:58	Anthony Parker lost ball (Jason Maxiell steals)	5	12
5:54	Jason Maxiell makes dunk	5	14
5:39	Rodney Stuckey personal foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	5	14
5:39	Manny Harris enters the game for Anthony Parker	5	14
5:35	Samardo Samuels enters the game for Tristan Thompson	5	14
5:24	Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	14
5:20	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	5	14
5:13	Tayshaun Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	14
5:13	Manny Harris defensive rebound	5	14
5:11	Jason Maxiell personal foul (Manny Harris draws the foul)	5	14
5:11	Charlie Villanueva enters the game for Jason Maxiell	5	14
4:58	Tayshaun Prince blocks Omri Casspi's layup	5	14
4:58	Rodney Stuckey defensive rebound	5	14
4:54	Rodney Stuckey misses layup	5	14
4:52	Charlie Villanueva offensive rebound	5	14
4:46	Brandon Knight offensive charge (Samardo Samuels draws the foul)	5	14
4:46	Brandon Knight turnover	5	14
4:26	Charlie Villanueva blocks Samardo Samuels's layup	5	14
4:26	Cleveland offensive team rebound	5	14
4:22	Antawn Jamison misses 20-foot jumper	5	14
4:20	Rodney Stuckey defensive rebound	5	14
4:07	Greg Monroe misses 5-foot hook shot	5	14
4:05	Detroit offensive team rebound	5	14
3:48	Charlie Villanueva misses three point jumper	5	14
3:47	Greg Monroe offensive rebound	5	14
3:45	Greg Monroe makes layup	5	16
3:28	Antawn Jamison bad pass (Tayshaun Prince steals)	5	16
3:24	Donald Sloan shooting foul (Brandon Knight draws the foul)	5	16
3:24	Brandon Knight makes free throw 1 of 2	5	17
3:24	Brandon Knight makes free throw 2 of 2	5	18
3:06	Charlie Villanueva shooting foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	5	18
3:06	Antawn Jamison makes free throw 1 of 2	6	18
3:06	Antawn Jamison makes free throw 2 of 2	7	18
2:49	Brandon Knight makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)	7	21
2:36	Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	21
2:35	Donald Sloan offensive rebound	7	21
2:30	Samardo Samuels misses layup	7	21
2:28	Samardo Samuels offensive rebound	7	21
2:27	Samardo Samuels makes tip shot	9	21
2:09	Tayshaun Prince makes 16-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)	9	23
1:52	Omri Casspi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donald Sloan assists)	12	23
1:40	Greg Monroe makes 5-foot two point shot (Brandon Knight assists)	12	25
1:27	Manny Harris lost ball (Greg Monroe steals)	12	25
1:23	Omri Casspi shooting foul (Tayshaun Prince draws the foul)	12	25
1:23	Detroit full timeout	12	25
1:23	Lester Hudson enters the game for Antawn Jamison	12	25
1:23	Luke Walton enters the game for Donald Sloan	12	25
1:23	Ben Gordon enters the game for Rodney Stuckey	12	25
1:23	Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 1 of 2	12	26
1:23	Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 2 of 2	12	27
1:07	Lester Hudson misses jumper	12	27
1:06	Charlie Villanueva defensive rebound	12	27
45.0	Charlie Villanueva offensive charge (Samardo Samuels draws the foul)	12	27
45.0	Charlie Villanueva turnover	12	27
36.7	Manny Harris makes driving layup	14	27
17.8	Greg Monroe misses 4-foot hook shot	14	27
14.9	Manny Harris defensive rebound	14	27
0.4	Ben Gordon shooting foul (Samardo Samuels draws the foul)	14	27
0.4	Samardo Samuels makes free throw 1 of 2	15	27
0.4	Samardo Samuels makes free throw 2 of 2	16	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	27

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Cavaliers
105
Pistons
89

Game 1

29/12

Pistons
100
Cavaliers
101

Game 2

22/2

Pistons
87
Cavaliers
75

Game 3

29/3

Cavaliers
77
Pistons
116

Game 4

18/4

The Palace of Auburn Hills

12:30 AM, 18 April 2012

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 11,595

Referees:
Bill Spooner
Nick Buchert
Kevin Fehr

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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